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(New page: ==Verbs== :"uyambona" :"u-ya-m-bon-a" :he is seeing her :u - subject morpheme :ya - tense marker of present tense (the so called "long form") :m - subject morpheme :-bona - verb stem c...) |
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:"uyambona" |
:"uyambona" |
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:"u-ya-m-bon-a" |
:"u-ya-m-bon-a" |
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| − | :he is seeing her |
+ | :''he is seeing her '' |
:u - subject morpheme |
:u - subject morpheme |
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:u-baba u-bon-a um-ntwana |
:u-baba u-bon-a um-ntwana |
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| − | :the father sees the child |
+ | :''the father sees the child'' |
:u-baba aka-bon-i um-ntwana |
:u-baba aka-bon-i um-ntwana |
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| − | :the father doesn't see the child |
+ | :''the father doesn't see the child'' |
:u-baba u-zo-bon-a um-ntwana |
:u-baba u-zo-bon-a um-ntwana |
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| − | :the father will see the child |
+ | :''the father will see the child'' |
:zo - nearer future |
:zo - nearer future |
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:u-yo-m-bon-a |
:u-yo-m-bon-a |
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| − | :he will see it |
+ | :''he will see it'' |
:yo - far future |
:yo - far future |
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:u-bon-i-le |
:u-bon-i-le |
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| − | :he saw it |
+ | :''he saw it'' |
| + | :wa-bon-a |
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| − | :wabona |
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| − | :he saw it long ago |
+ | :''he saw it long ago'' |
| + | :aka-m-bon-anga |
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| − | :akambonanga |
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| − | :he didn't see it |
+ | :''he didn't see it'' |
:aka is the negative morpheme for nouns in class 1 (like ubaba) |
:aka is the negative morpheme for nouns in class 1 (like ubaba) |
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:aku-zu-m-bon-a |
:aku-zu-m-bon-a |
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| − | :he will not see it |
+ | :''he will not see it'' |
:ba-ya-bon-ana |
:ba-ya-bon-ana |
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| − | :they see each other |
+ | :''they see each other '' |
:-ana indicates reflexive |
:-ana indicates reflexive |
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Revision as of 17:33, 4 January 2008
Verbs
- "uyambona"
- "u-ya-m-bon-a"
- he is seeing her
- u - subject morpheme
- ya - tense marker of present tense (the so called "long form")
- m - subject morpheme
- -bona - verb stem consisting of bon - verb root and -a the categorial morpheme[1]
- u-baba u-bon-a um-ntwana
- the father sees the child
- u-baba aka-bon-i um-ntwana
- the father doesn't see the child
- u-baba u-zo-bon-a um-ntwana
- the father will see the child
- zo - nearer future
- u-yo-m-bon-a
- he will see it
- yo - far future
- u-bon-i-le
- he saw it
- wa-bon-a
- he saw it long ago
- aka-m-bon-anga
- he didn't see it
- aka is the negative morpheme for nouns in class 1 (like ubaba)
- aku-zu-m-bon-a
- he will not see it
- ba-ya-bon-ana
- they see each other
- -ana indicates reflexive
Notes
- ↑ the categorial morpheme is the last part of the verb stem indicating certain grammatical and semantic information
